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The top five placegetters in the Hobart Cup look set to lock horns again in next week’s Group 3 Ladbrokes Launceston Cup over 2400 metres.
In Brief
- Double You Tee chasing Ladbrokes $100,000 Cups Double Bonus.
- Top five Hobart Cup finishers nominated for Launceston.
- Still only three interstate invaders for major cup.
Hobart Cup winner Double You Tee is sure to chase the $100,000 Ladbrokes Cups Double bonus, while Hobart Cup minor placegetters Classic Weiwei and Barade are amongst the 13 Launceston Cup nominations.
The cups double bonus is offered to the connections of any horse that can win both major cups in the same season with $50,000 for the trainer and the other half shared by the horse's owners.
Double You Tee's trainer Patrick Payne is confident his talented stayer is ready for the challenge and Classic Weiwei's co-trainer Tony Mcevoy yesterday confirmed his five-year-old will definitely contest the race and Archie Alexander has indicated Barade will line-up and Sydney jockey Brendon Avdulla has been booked to ride the French imported stayer..
